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Feedburner Sale to Google Confirmed

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the going-going-gone dept.

Techdirt is reporting that the rumored sale of Feedburner to Google has been confirmed. "Feedburner is in the closing stages of being acquired by Google for around $100 million. The deal is all cash and mostly upfront, according to our source, although the founders will be locked in for a couple of years."

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  1. Re:Why bother? by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think they're just stamping out competition. And they don't have to keep doing it forever, either. They buy one or two more of 'em and people will stop starting them. When Google has the top three of whatever, people will mostly stop making whatever. The procedure worked for Microsoft time and time again, why not Google? :)

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  2. Traffic = Data? by MenTaLguY · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's the only thing I can think of.

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